he was released from prison early this morning to a halfway house then after less than one hour. he left and is now fulfilling the rest of his sentence under home confinement. good afternoon. i'm steve sanders. and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. yes spent a good part of this morning get angry acclimated to his home. he was not here at the salvation army freedom center

very long. it seems that due to his age and condition the bureau of prisons cut him a break. he is able to serve the remainder of his sentence at home on confinement. after five years of monotony of former disgraced governor spent this morning traveling through downtown chicago. the governor is a very close to being a completely free man. this is another step and a long journey. as he begins his transition back into the free world. he does so as a convicted felon. he would like me to tell you there he is grateful to leave the penitentiary. he is grateful also for the support

and encouragement that he has received from many people. his son drove him straight here to the salvation army freedom center. the former governor wanted to see the light. since his imprisonment began today's trip was his third opportunity to venture outside. he had not forgotten how to do that. he is in decent spirits. obviously it is such a stark change from the penitentiary life that he has become accustomed to seeing things. is there is serious prize for his 2006 conviction.

those gifts can never make up for the loss of his good name. ryan and his family now have next to nothing. prime lost his brother was serving his time. he is going to go forward with his life. the best he can. he wants to stay here in a dorm style room with the use of a communal bath. the bureau of prisons determined that due to his age and condition he should be allowed to return to his home on home confinement. he understands

something about working out. that activity has resulted in a thin and george ryan. not that much older. pretty good. not that much older than he saw. the governor says, is doing very well other than fighting a cold and an infected tooth. right now he is back home in the house that he once shared with his wife. his children have been trying to keep that house up in preparation for this day. the house was not in the greatest shape five and a half years ago.

>> i think it is a very compassionate move. somewhat surprising to me. they used to have a one size fits all mentality. usually have to have it up. after checking out. i'm surprised but i'm happy for him. joining us now on the phone is legal analyst terry sullivan. we understand that there is no electronic monitoring. he will

have to report to the bureau or u.s. marshals. let's face it. thus his age and everything else it is somewhat of a story. that is the only right thing to do in my opinion. he has lost everything. you're supposed to recommend ears of to certain things. my think that it was certainly the right thing to do. a freeze another bed up. we're going to put to a halt just for us second. we're going to listen

to what he has to say. >> there is a report this morning that he was presented. have been inside the house ever since she died. want to emphasize again that he is still being confined under the orders of the bureau of prisons. he has to follow a very strict rows ofthe regiment. it is as if he were in a halfway house except that he is home. they have him on the

retired status. if he wants to look for a judge of they will change that status but that is something to be decided in the future. >> is confined to the inside of his house unless he has specific prior written permission from the bureau of prisons to leave. they're not going to give him permission to leave the less it

is for something like a doctor. >> any idea what he wants for dinner? >> no idea. i'm not gonna ask him because i'm getting in the car and going home. how are you feeling? >> represented him. i'm tired. we have one more case in the supreme court. if the grant that i will be thrilled. if they don't one way or another he is back home with his family. it has been a long five years. >> former governor who has been tough to get back to our legal analyst.

>> they can get permission for him to go run a mile a day or go over to the barber. those things will come without ever knowing it. this sounds unusual to me that he cannot leave even to go outside of his own lawn. >> i think it will be modified. i think it will be modified in a lot of different ways just to acclimate him to his own house. it is not even have any monitoring device on him. he is not a threat to go anywhere. he

is in his own home. he'll be out there probably fixing up the garden for the springtime. in the absence of that one is the former governor legally free. the fourth of july. the question as to whether or not anything else proceeds is probably pretty slim. aside from the fact is also something the governor ryan is going to have to depend on themselves. he might make a decision to pull the plug now. former gov. roy and no spending time at home. >> the latest on a developing

story in alabama where a child has been taken hostage after a deadly school bus shooting. >> too many children are dying. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords makes a personal plea to lawmakers. reaction after a gun shot is fired inside of a western suburban high school as part of a prepared mistral. preparedness

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a high-school student their recent performed at the inauguration was killed in the park yesterday. riots at the high-school with details. we have just learned that school officials have canceled exams there were expected to take place today. existence are too upset to focus. the appearance also very upset. we're learned a she is a wonderful sweet and lady. she is well liked. she was still excited about going to washington d.c. a week or two

ago. >> video shows her during happier times. >> to avoid the rain. that is one police say the boy jumped the fence and ran towards them shooting. she was shot in the back and later died at the hospital. two other boys were also hit. the 60 year-old laws last said to be in critical condition. police say they do not believe she was the intended target. this issue is not in a game but police reports say most of the people in the group of

her work. none of them stuck around to help her or the other victims or to give police any information about what happened. students are really taking the news of her death hard. those who knew her speak highly of her. >> she was unhappy joyful person. i does have a major shock. i'm just upset the gun violence cannot be controlled in chicago. >> community activist andrew holmes is personally offering a $1,000 reward. to live in the city's north and would neighborhood.

the f-b-i and police in alabama are working to free a young boy being held hostage in an underground bunker. authorities say a gunman boarded a school bus yesterday afternoon. shot the driver and took a 6-year old boy. neighbors say the suspect moved to the area about two years ago and built the underground shelter himself. other children on the bus were not injured. police are negotiating the with man to release the boy. communicating through a pipe. authorities did convince the man to let them send down medication the boy needs to take on a daily basis. fierce debate on capitol hill this morning over gun control in the united states. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. who was shot in the head in 20-11 was among those who spoke at the hearing this morning. this is the first congressional hearing on gun violence since a series of violent shooting sprees and president obama's call for stricter gun laws. the powerful gun lobby led by n-r-a executive director wayne lapierre says before we enact new laws. current laws need to be enforced.

seen a dramatic collapse in recent years. overall in 2011 federal firearms prosecution's per-capita were down 35% from their peak. they also have created a new organization which advocates gun control. in the aftermath of school shootings like the sandy hook elementary school massacre in connecticut. a very realistic preparedness drill was held today at cary grove high school.

police and school administrators wanting to give students the opportunity to hear what a real gun shop might sound like. there are many students and staff may have never heard a gun shop before. maybe in the future if a real incident were to happen rather than somebody say hey wonder what that sound was somebody might say a that sounds like a gunshot and know what they're supposed to do. explaining the decision to use a starter pistol. the decision largely made by district 155 a demonstrators. only lasting about 15 minutes students and teachers ordered by a public address to proceed to their classrooms and secure the door. make sure that all of the students or out of the way and out of the classroom. a second

announcement was made notifying them that a starter pistol would be fired in a hallway common area. a second leg was fired by administratorsadministrators and a different area. just the fact that we have to go through this, i understand why parents could be upset. i think it is a good thing too. >> students that we talked to say the drill went smoothly. the kids are said that this sort of thing has to be done. with all of the emergency is in school shootings that have occurred many of the kids we talked to

understood why. just ahead new smart phone competition "research in motion" rolls out the latest blackberry. and, still to come this midday toyota annouces a recall of more

toyota recalling more than a million vehicles including the 2003 and 2004 because the air bag may spontaneously deploy. the 2006 lex us is. i know millions of americans will be eating wings on superbowl sunday but the cdc says chicken turkey and other poultry are responsible for more food relayed deaths than any other items. culture cost about 19 percent of food borne fatalities and a terryin a 10 year. the name

change for the company that makes the blackberry. they're changing their name to blackberry. it is part of a comeback plan that includes in the smart phone. the stock ticker is making the change therimm to bbry still ahead, the connection between deep-fried foods and a certin type of cancer.

and credible storms and now a big change in temperatures. >> we are on the downside of ledgers. we have our own eyes see whether there will be looking out for. i would get the view this morning. this is in the northwest part of the state at 7:00 this morning. we had reports of 4-5 in. accumulations in that area. we won't see anything like that it is a sign of what is going on in the cold side of the storm. aftera one of the 10 warmest january temperatures in 143 years. temperatures in

free fall down 23 degrees from 24 hours ago and the cold air is now-all without the gulf coast even as the east coast continues warm. temperatures 39 here. readings by friday morning down into zero. look at the wind gusts. a northwest winds are gusting at the moment. i will be picking up as they go out into the western suburbs. 63 yesterday. truly error temperature. only 21 januaries. have had a 60 degree temperature. 19 of those 21 have been followed by some measure of

stinking smell. all in record territory. when all is said and done a record-breaking 65 degree temperature drop. we scanned the records. that has never happened over four days in january. it is the flow pattern yesterday. and from the arctic. the arctic express is about to run again. temperatures will go to the twenties this afternoon.

rising only to the midteens tomorrow. factor in the wind, these are wind chills. there will be down in the teens by late today. down to reading is just below 0 tomorrow morning. a little bit about zero during the day. what get these windows. this is sagging sell for as cold air comes in. to see how the snow on the backside of the system is kind of catchy. visibility is a good indicator of whether it is snowing heavily. the snow that is coming

in is not going to be intense. it will be just enough to be bothersome. look at some of loraine numbers. all in the one and three-quarters to nearly two and strange. all of their and the 2.5 intrench christmas fast as is the storm. these are storm reports. here are the tornado's affecting george arena. these are wind damage reports. winds were gusty in the southern midwest with thunderstorms. fees are heavy rain icons. the run from ottawa in two parts of kansas. if there have been some pretty healthy s&ls fast as those of you watching us now in iowa bifida 7.8 in.. one shift a

flood of dreiser's internal auctions in the red off east of us. now a winter storm warnings will wind down later today in wisconsin. there are windchill advisory's. the cold air floods in. here's what happens is after the rains proceeds farther south. the folks in the southern suburbs with still be getting blamed at3:00will still be getting rain at 3pm. here's how much snow might come down. enough to dust the ground to perhaps an inch in the immediate northwest suburbs.

there's a light snow system here late friday and friday night. another burst of snow perhaps saturday. some of the models are putting down an inch or two with each of those. this afternoon the rain will go over too snowy. and taper off to flourish. flurries. for tonight snow showers and flurries. temperatures down to 10 except midteens in the city. southwest winds will be northwest. friday clouds increase flurries in the afternoon. some pretty wintry weather. time for today's trivia. who did he replace as white house chief of staff in

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time for sports the best team in hockey won't return to chicago until feburary 12-th. the blackhawks start a six- game road trip with some key stops in vancouver, san jose, and nashville. the hawks got in a quick practice at johnny's ice house

yesterday, before heading to minnesota. corey crawford is scheduled to start against the wild tonight. he's allowing less than two goals a game with a 93- percent save percentage. the hawks struggled with special teams last year, but this season they rank in the top- ten in both power play and penalty kill. michael and marcus kruger lead the way with 23 stops in 24 tries. set to take pride in doing that. that is something we were gone. >> the bulls also hit the road for their longest trip of the year they play six in a row, and ten of twelve away from the united center. the bulls only held a brief

shoot- around at the berto center yesterday, in preparation for a trip to milwaukee tonight. the bucks have taken two of three against the bulls this season, and they're just two- and- a half games behind chicago in the division. college basketball illinois state hosting bradley. i-s-u up big in the first. johnny hill lobs it to jackie carmichael that makes it a 25- to- nine lead. but the redbirds' lead down to one in the second when bradley's jake eastman drains a three from the corner. i-s-u gives up 23 turnovers and loses 83-77. that's a look at sports. your illinois lottery drawing is next. >>winning pick3 9,1,2

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in medical watch. vaccinations are not just for kids.

the c-d-c says except for flu shots, vaccination coverage for adults is "unacceptably low". too few adults are taking advantage of vaccines to protect them from diseases like whooping cough, shingles, and pneumonia. in 2011, there were about 37 thousand cases of preventable pneumonia that resulted in four thousand deaths. most of the deaths were among people 50 and older. there were more than nine thousand whooping cough cases among adults last year. and health officials say only about a third of adults at high risk for hepatitis b have been vaccinated. older women with heart problems may be at greater risk for mental changes that signal a type of dementia. it's called vascular dementia and it's different from the loss of memory and function that happens with alzheimer's disease. researchers measured the brain

functions of elderly people over four years. they found heart problems. including atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease and heart failure. nearly doubled a person's risk of developing the mild cognitive impairment linked to vascular dementia. the link was particularly strong in women. the study is published in the journal jama neurology. eating deep fried food at least once a week may increase a man's risk for prostate cancer. a new study followed three thousand men about half of them diagnosed with prostate cancer. when researchers from the fred hutchinson cancer research center examined dietary quesionnaires, they found the prostate cancer risk of men who ate french fries, fried chicken, fried fish or doughnuts at least once a week was 30 to 37 percent higher. the researchers don't know why but they suggest it could be because deep frying releases potentially cancer-causing compounds in the cooking oil or fatan iraq war veteran who lost all four of his limbs in battle has a chance at a new life. after receiving a successful double-arm transplant. 26-year-old brendan marrocco was driving an armored vehicle when it was hit by an explosion

in 2009. he woke up to find he'd lost both of his arms and legs. now he has two new arms transplanted six weeks ago by doctors at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. a feeling of getting a second chance to start over after i got hurt. i was just happy. i was happy that the surgery was over and that arms. the complicated surgery involved connecting bones, blood vessels, nerves and muscles from a deceased donor to marrocco's own. the surgery took 13 hours. 16 surgeons volunteered their services. his doctors say in a few years there's very little marrocco won't be able to do. the first thing he wants to do is drive his dodge charger. lunchbreak is next. we're learning recipes to create

ready for the big game. perfect for super bowl sunday. she it is filled with recipes to get busy families back to the table together. if you put this out everybody is going to crowd around the table. this is spectacular. time not a chef just a real mother in the trenches. you made a whole football field. basically a took

a platter or even just a cookie sheet and spread guacamole. used beefsticks to make the goal post. got to have the players. >> just a creative and have fun. it is not only going to be good to eat it is your centerpiece. he did not have to buy expensive flowers. i'm going to go to the web site and look at the picture so i know exactly i'm making. >> i actually, the new york times is looking for the ultimate tailgate food. i submitted this recipe. the slow

cooker tells me you're doing a lot of this during the day. starts fell one bag of frozen hash brown potatoes. these are great and soups. i just put them back in the freezer and take them out what i need them. a pound of that. have to have cheese and there. down there right in there. and does have some tried minced onion. it is football. this is just a small

sausage. we have some help. about 2-3 c. of milk. a splash of beer. it is so delicious. go get ready for the game and in a couple of hours here it is. this is super weather here in the midwest. you conserve some extra cheese. it is absolutely fantastic. perfect football food. >> i think they are a lot of

work for a little bit of meat. mine are easy breezy because we're not deep frying them. these are chinese chicken wings. i just marinate them and things that i already have in the pantry. a lot of say and hang out in the fridge overnight. a victim of a cookie sheet. this is another one, you have to have a cheese ball. a few other ingredients. i'm using a jar of roasted red peppers that is going to make the lines and the football. it is not only good eating it is actually a centerpiece. this is not get any

easier. the box borwnie mix. you do not need a cookie cutter or anything like that. just cut them on an ankle and it will look like little football. webber team you are rooting for just relax and enjoy the game. the kids really get into super bowl sunday. you can learn more about her recipes and doug books at their web site. i'm going to look at this again and again.

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he erved until he left ot become the secretary of defense. >> we were in the '60s yesterday. we will be flirting with zero by friday morning. it is a long process. in our area and has been ringing off and on. we're getting close to the mix of precipitation. some violent thunderstorms coming up the warm sector of the storm. at least one fatality in georgia as a result of thunderstorms. and the chicago area there is our skyline. griffith indiana is still in the '40's. 31 tat mchenry. patches of light snow

will be moving in. the rain will linger. it will not get there until later in the afternoon. just flurries expected for tonight. the big storm left out. the canadian high pressure of four to gordon comes in. plus a little weather system coming out of montana. that is the next chance of light snow. clouding over friday and may be flurries in the afternoon. the patch of light snow at night. severe weather up and down the east coast. 15 is all we will see tomorrow. 14 on friday. 27 saturday. the upper 30s on monday. >> thank you for joining us.